1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Results

The 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup season was one of NASCAR's most memorable. At the Daytona 500, Cale Yarborough and Donnie Allison crashed in the last lap and got into a nationally televised fist fight on the ground inside the third turn. In the meantime, Richard Petty hustled past them to end a 45-race losing streak -- and delight the crowd. Also in 1979, freshman driver Dale Earnhardt drove like a savvy veteran, winning at Bristol in just his 13th career start. In the chart below,
you will find the results for all of the 31 races that comprised the
1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National Series Season.

# 15 Bobby Allison and #44 Terry Labonte crashed hard on the 91st lap of the July 4 Firecracker 400 atDaytona International Speedway. Labonte was one of the prizerookie drivers of the 1979 season, joining Dale Earnhardt,Harry Grant, and Joe Millikan. Labonte earned 13 top-10 finishesfor tenth place in the final NASCAR Winston Cup Grand Nationalpoints standings. Earnhardt went on to take seventh in thechampionship race and earn Rookie of the Year honors.See more pictures of NASCAR.

David Pearson captured the 1966 NASCAR Grand National title on the strength of his 15 wins. Chrysler also returned this year, which brought a much-needed boost in spirit to the series. See the results from each race during the 1966 season.